Michael Jackson 'Thriller' Jacket
- Maker
- Michael Jackson
- Year
- 1983
- Rank
- 44 of 100
Michael Jackson 'Thriller' Jacket
Michael Jackson 'Thriller' Jacket by Michael Jackson (1983) is ranked 44 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $1,800,000 on 27 June 2011. The defining garment from the best-selling album of all time.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The defining garment from the best-selling album of all time.
Red-and-black calfskin jacket worn filming the 'Thriller' music video
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,800,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 27 June 2011
Julien's Auctions. $1.8M; proceeds to the Shambala animal sanctuary.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08